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Uncle Bonsai has released 7 compact discs and one cd single. (Three of these recordings are still available on cassette . . . really cheap if you want them.) The group is currently recording a new double-cd, due for release in early 2010.

Classical Guitarist Hilary Field has released two solo CDs, Music of Spain & Latin America and Ballad Stories. In addition, she and vocalist Patrice O'Neill have released two award-winning lullabies CDs: Siente: Night Songs from Around the World and Cantilena: Night Songs from Around the World.

Melding the rich tonal beauty of classical guitar, viola, and violin, Hilary Field and Gwen Franz offer an evocative palette of music that transcends generations and crosses musical boundaries. The lyrical beauty of this music spans from Brazil to Bach, from the elegance of Baroque suites and sonatas, to the colorful and exciting rhythms of Latin and Afro-Brazilian sambas, choros, and tangos.

The duo's debut recording, Airoso, is due to be released in April, 2013.

Christine Lavin continues to find songs hidden everywhere -- in newspaper articles about fireflies, in overheard conversations between pinheads in an airport, watching teenagers compete in the national spelling bee, reading the works of H.L. Mencken. Her songs are sung by Broadway stars Sutton Foster and Betty Buckley, the a cappella darlings The Accidentals, and her lyrics showed up this year in the book THE PLUTO FILES: THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE PLANET, written by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. Christine's first book, Cold Pizza For Breakfast: A Mem-wha?? was published in 2010, with a foreword written by actor Jeff Daniels.

As The Washington Post says, "Lavin knows how to keep her audience guessing, thinking, and laughing all at the same time."

Singer/Songwriter Patrice O'Neill has a solo release, Elusive, two award-winning lullaby releases with guitarist Hilary Field, Siente: Night Songs from Around the World and Cantilena: Night Songs from Around the World, one release with Mel Cooleys, and is a member of the popular trio Uncle Bonsai . . . she's everywhere!

Matt Price doesn't have the patience to write a screenplay. But give him 3:55 and both your ears and he'll weave a tale as deeply textured as a classic novel or as intricate as a film noir masterpiece. You'll walk away with images that will stick for a lifetime. And a nearly-full tub of popcorn...

Christine Lavin says, "The best new songwriter of 2007... Matt is a really fine poet, but also a terrific singer and guitarist - his style is hard to pidgeon-hole - his songs are like mini-movies, beautifully crafted, like Cheryl Wheeler's, with appeal that crosses all genres..."

Latin grooves, humorous moods, joyous sounds that you wish the advertisers would stop talking over so you could listen to it - and now you can! Be surprised and delighted with a mix of music from the minds and memories of multi-talented Ranch Romance alumni Miles and Karina

"Step into Miles' & Karina's stylish world, where the colors have higher chroma, the weather is studio-lot perfect, and the sound has been preselected and programmed to improve your mood. You will smile and they will smile back." - Tim O'Brien

Geísa Dutra is internationally acclaimed as a recitalist and concerto soloist, having performed in England, Belgium, Germany, Canada, the United States, and her native Brazil. Her recordings include Brazilian and Spanish Piano Works; Chopin, Preludes; El Ultimo Tango, Six Tangos by Astor Piazzolla and The Spanish Piano, her latest release. She has also recorded for National Public Radio in the United States and for national radio and television stations in Brazil.

In 1995, Yellow Tail Records released The First Ever Yellow Tail Sampler, a disc featuring selections from a number of early Yellow Tail Releases. This CD (or cassette!) features Electric Bonsai Band, Uncle Bonsai, Mel Cooleys, Patrice O'Neill, Hilary Field, and Geísa Dutra. We're currently working on a new sampler, featuring these and other Yellow Tail artists, and have also released The Winter Concert CD, a collection of live recordings from 8 years of "Winter Concerts," featuring many of the Yellow Tail artists and a number of friends.

Welcome to the Music Downloads section of the store. Over the next few months, we're planning on having download options for most of our releases, starting with the latest. For now, songs will be available only as mp3 files, at 256 kb/s bitrate. Let us know if you think a different format would work better.

In addition to our regular catalog, here's where we'll be releasing those rare tracks, unreleased recordings, your "missing song" requests . . . We'll try to have something new each month . . . maybe even some of those live Uncle Bonsai recordings we've talked about for so long!

We've been releasing recordings since 1991 and we're incredibly proud of the music we've been able to offer. Still, we realize that there are other discs out there and, every once in a while, one comes along that we feel deserves some extra attention. Maybe it's something by Miles & Karina, who released their first disc on Yellow Tail but have gone on to produce some other wonderful recordings; maybe it's Christine Lavin, who has an overflowing catalog of great music released long before she joined us.

Right now, we're offering copies of David Lange's: Almost Home, an amazing instrumental release that Uncle Bonsai's been using as its pre-show and intermission music.

As with all our Yellow Tail releases, we stand behind our recommendations and offer a full refund should you not like what you purchase...take a chance, you have nothing to lose!

Featured Products

"Premieres," the brand new release from classical guitarist Hilary Field, features new music by contemporary composers that celebrates the natural lyrical, rhythmic, and harmonic beauty of the classical guitar, offering the poetry of music for future generations. Due to be released in Fall 2015, we have a limited number of copies available now!

"The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young" is the latest release from the group Uncle Bonsai. Now celebrating 36 years, the group continues tackle topics such as first-world problems, the creation of the universe, the afterlife, and, of course, holidays with the family. Release date: 09-15-17

Autographed Fund-Raising Copy!
"The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young" is the latest release from the group Uncle Bonsai. Now celebrating 36 years, the group continues tackle topics such as first-world problems, the creation of the universe, the afterlife, and, of course, holidays with the family. Release date: 09-15-17

Full CD Digital Download w/liner notes. "The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young" is the latest release from the group Uncle Bonsai. Now celebrating 36 years, the group continues tackle topics such as first-world problems, the creation of the universe, the afterlife, and, of course, holidays with the family. Release date: 09-15-17

The Grim Parade, the first new Uncle Bonsai release in almost 10 years, is a collection of live and studio performances that present the group's unflinching portrayals of life, love, and a guy named Doug.

Go To Sleep/The Monster in the Closet . . . the first bedtime book for grownups from Uncle Bonsai! This reversible book -- read one story and then, when you're through, flip it over to read a completely different one -- features two of the group's more popular songs, illustrated by members Arni Adler (The Monster in the Closet) and Patrice O'Neill (Go To Sleep), along with a cd recording of the group performing the songs.

For the true Uncle Bonsai fan, this special discount package includes everything the group has released, from 1984 - 2009. You get: The Inessential Uncle Bonsai, Myn Ynd Wymyn, Doug, Plain Brown Wrapper, Boys Want Sex in the Morning, A Lonely Grain of Corn, Apology, the Sponge Boy CD Single, and The Grim Parade. NOW INCLUDES THE BRAND NEW RELEASE: THE FAMILY FEAST!